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Fortrac


Flexible low-extension
geogrid for
geotechnically
demanding
solutions



Fortrac geogrids for future-oriented construction
with technical and economic benefits
Steepened slopes Bridge abutments Segmental Retaining walls Piled embankments
Sinkhole protection Basal reinforcement Brownfield sites Landfills
Examples can be found on our website: www.HUESKER.com
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Fortrac geogrids incorporating high-tech features
Fortrac is a flexible, extremely Strengths over 1600 kN/m contractors through our
high-strength geogrid that has can be supplied for special continuous improvement of
been used for reinforcing soils applications. its properties and the simplicity
for over 20 years. The product width of five and speed of handling and
metres reduces overlaps to installation.
Fortrac geogrids are a minimum. Special sizes can
manufactured from high- also be supplied at short notice.
modulus, low-creep synthetic Fortrac benefits clients and
raw materials and coated with
a layer of protective polymer.
The special techniques used to
manufacture Fortrac geogrid Fortrac A
(Aramide)
provide it with high stability at
the rib junctions. High-modulus Fortrac M
(PVA)
polyester (PET) has been our
standard in terms of synthetic
raw material for geosynthetics Fortrac T
(PET)
for more than 20 years.
Stress Ratio %
Particularly demanding
requirements have led to the Fortrac
(PET)
development of Fortrac M and
Fortrac A.
Whilst Fortrac A provides very
high tensile stiffness, Fortrac M
offers improved tensile stiffness
in combination with high
chemical resistance, particularly
in an alkaline environment.
Fortrac can be supplied in
various aperture sizes and in
Strain %
standard strengths of between
20 and 400 kN/m. Typical tensile stress/strain behaviour of four Fortrac products
The advantages are:

availability in a wide range of strengths
optimum tensile stiffness
very low creep
high resistance to micro-organisms and chemicals in the soil, UV light and mechanical damage
proven excellent geogrid/soil interaction values
flexibility in the choice of raw material to ensure a perfect match to the project requirements
highly pliable for ease of handling and problem-free installation
low cost
expert support during design and construction provided by our experienced team of engineers
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Fortrac steepened embankments
Slopes can be planted with

vegetation to protect them
against erosion. Normally a
lighter weight geosynthetic or
an anti-erosion mat is installed
in the wrapped back Fortrac
geogrid to prevent the fine soil
particles from being washed
out. This also ensures vegetation
Steepened embankments and root structures have
(normally with slope angles of sufficient time to develop.
up to 70) are those in which the Gabions or stonework may
slope angle is greater than the also be used as the outer skin.
angle of internal friction of the
soil. This means the slope
needs to be reinforced.
Fortrac reinforced embankments
provide a cost-effective
alternative to conventional
solutions in these circumstances. Complete descriptions of projects can be found on our website: www.HUESKER.com
Examples include noise bunds,
planted embankments, dykes
or embankments supporting
trafficked areas (such as roads
or car parks) or railway tracks.
The advantages of this type of

reinforced soil construction are:
slopes can be designed

to blend into surrounding
landscape
local insitu soils can be used
reduced amount of land
required
low sensitivity to differential
settlement of foundation soils The provision of effective
lower requirement for drainage must be addressed
conventional construction during design and construction.
materials (e.g. concrete) Without it the reinforced soil
system may lose its internal or
simple installation external stability. HUESKER's
Engineering Department would
cost-effective
be pleased to advise you on any
design questions.
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Earth-retaining structures with Fortrac
Earth-retaining support structures used. HUESKER's Engineering

(normally with a slope angle of Department would be pleased
70 to 90) constructed with to advise you on any design
Fortrac geogrid reinforced questions.
soil are an economic alternative
to conventional forms of
construction, such as gravity
walls or bridge abutments.
The advantages are:
can be designed to blend

into surrounding landscape
local insitu soils can be used
reduced amount of land
required
low sensitivity to differential
settlement of foundation soils
lower requirement for
conventional construction Fortrac geogrids are ideal for reinforcing steepened
materials (e.g. concrete) embankments or earth-retaining support structures:
simple installation high-modulus, low-creep yarn keeps deformations small
excellent long-term behaviour ensures the structure retains
economic advantages its stability
good composite action between soil and grid provides
The outer skin can consist of an economical design
gabions, prefabricated panels,
concrete blocks or sprayed a wide choice of polymers allows optimised project-specific
reinforcement
concrete. In certain circumstances
a planted outer skin may be construction with flexible Fortrac geogrid is simple and efficient
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Piled foundations with Fortrac
Returned ends
if nec.
Piles with pilecaps Piles without pilecaps
To reduce settlement occurring The installed system is therefore

as a result of poor bearing extremely maintenance-free.
capacity soils, embankments To prevent or minimise
can be founded on a grid of piles deformations of the earthworks
or ground improvement columns. structure after completion
The piles transfer and bringing into use Fortrac
loads from the embankment and geogrids are made solely from
The soft layers are not or
traffic down to lower, low-creep raw materials.
only minimally stressed as the
more competent soil strata. Polymers with a high tendency
Fortrac geogrid transmits
A single or double layer of to creep, such as PP or PE,
the loads to the supporting
geogrid is laid over the piles should never be considered
members.
or similar supports to distribute for use in these circumstances.
the loads into them and resist
any spreading forces at the
base of the embankment.
This solution is preferable for Technical details can be found on our website: www.HUESKER.com
the following reasons:
the embankment can be used

immediately, without having
to wait for completion of
settlement and consolidation
minimisation or prevention
of deformation of the
embankment after completion
or during operation
avoidance or minimisation
of excavation and transport
of soils
elimination of effects on Piled embankment, Project: N210, NL

adjacent components,
e.g. pipes, foundations, etc.
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Sinkhole protection with Fortrac
stability of the road or rail track To minimise deformations at

until additional safety measures the ground surface even after
can be implemented, thus the formation of a sinkhole,
avoiding consequential death, Fortrac geogrid is made solely
injury or damage to property from low-creep raw materials.
or the environment.
If necessary, electronic
monitoring and warning devices
can also be incorporated into
In transportation projects
these systems.
and in many other types of
construction works there are
often problems caused by
unanticipated subterranean
voids. These hidden voids
may only develop many
years after completion of
construction and lead to loss
of life or property damage.
Technical details can be found on our website: www.HUESKER.com
There is a greater risk of this
happening in limestone areas,
from erosion caused by water
leaking from pipes, in former
mining areas or on sites where
contaminated land or landfills
have been reclaimed or covered.
The at-risk area can be

reinforced with a high-
strength Fortrac geogrid
to prevent the effects of a
collapse in the underlying
strata migrating through
to the ground surface. The
geogrid maintains the
Ensuring safety of a railway junction in the former mining area of Grbers
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Basal reinforcement with Fortrac
Roads, temporary access tracks

or parking facilities often have to
be constructed over ground that
is unreliable or of inadequate
bearing capacity.
Fortrac geogrid is used here
to increase the bearing capacity
and the safety factor against of the applied layers. which permanently stops the
ground failure on the site. This Fortrac geogrids low tendency development of rutting and
economic solution avoids the to creep means that it does not other deformations.
need to replace insitu soils and noticeably extend even after
reduces the required thickness many cycles of dynamic loading,
Veneer reinforcement with Fortrac
Design load in
Cover soil
Slopes are often made as steep Fortrac 3D Applied
load
as possible for economic reasons
to gain additional useful land
or landfill volume. Fortrac
geogrids can be installed as
Fortrac 3D
reinforcement to achieve geogrid
stability, even in the situation Shear resistance
where slopes are made steeper

than the soil parameters or of slope and ensure its erosion. Fortrac 3D is a flexible,
friction at the critical slip permanent stability. three-dimensional reinforcement
surface would normally allow. Fortrac 3D geogrid can be grid, the structure of which
Fortrac geogrids carry the used if the covering soil requires allows it to considerably
shear forces in the direction additional protection against increase erosion resistance.
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Fortrac interaction with the soil
The use of Fortrac is The interaction of the soil standardised test methods
advantageous because its with the reinforcement is an for assessing the interaction
interaction with the surrounding important factor in the of the soil with the geogrid
soils is optimised through the behaviour of a reinforced are pull-out and shear tests.
superior pull-out and shear soil body.
resistance of the geogrid. The only recognised and
Rigid geogrids,
stiff in bending
Pull-out test
Flexible
geogrids,
stiff in tension
Shear test
Soil/geogrid properties geometry of the geogrid respect to its pull-out and shear
resistance performance (EN ISO
These tests measure the friction parameters of the surrounding
12957 and EN ISO 12957-2).
coefficient between soil and soil (e.g. internal angle of
geogrid. This parameter is friction)
Fortrac provides excellent and
important and can be used
grading or particle size verifiable interaction with all
directly in stability calculations.
distribution of the soil types of contact soils!
The pull-out and shear
resistances values reflect soil/geogrid interaction
the actual behaviour of the
flexibility of the geogrid
geogrid in the soil.
The proven advantage of
They depend on the following
Fortrac is its combination of
factors:
flexibility, friction and interlock.
loading Therefore Fortrac has excellent
interaction properties.
frictional resistance of the
Calculations show Fortrac to
geogrid strands
be extremely economic with
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Durability and long-term behaviour
The durability of geogrids is satisfy every projectspecific high resistance to chemicals

another important factor which requirement, HUESKER has
high resistance to mechanical
depends on the following: developed an extensive range
damage
of different Fortrac products,
selection of raw material each with its own well proven
production method advantages.
application requirements low creep

high resistance to UV light
Fortrac is manufactured
exclusively from high quality raw high resistance to
materials. In order to be able to microorganisms
Type Application Raw material Properties
Fortrac standard PET excellent tensile stiffness

and low strain (Polyester) low creep
Fortrac T little installation damage
chemical resistance pH 4 - 9.5
Fortrac M standard PVA excellent tensile stiffness

very low strain (Polyvinyl alcohol) low creep
extreme environmental little installation damage
effects chemical resistance pH 2 - 13
Fortrac A extremely low strain AR excellent tensile stiffness

(Aramid) low creep
extremely high strength little installation damage
chemical resistance pH 4 - 9.5
Creep behaviour
The application determines the
required technical parameters of
the geogrid including the choice of
polymer. Selecting the right polymer
Strain (%)
has a crucial influence on the creep

behaviour of the final product.
The graph shows the strain/time
relationship at three different levels
of loading (shown in brackets). The
polyolefin products (HDPE and PP)
show a rapid increase in extension log time (sec)
with respect to time with a much Creep behaviour of various polymers. Figure in brackets: Strength utilisation factor
lower creep rupture resistance
All Fortrac geogrids are manufactured from high quality raw materials with
than PET and PVA.
low creep properties.
Fortrac is tested and certified by independent materials laboratories.
Fortrac = LOW CREEP
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The load- and time-dependent
deformation can be determined
from isochronous curves. In this
way it is possible to reliably
calculate the possible post-
construction deformation of
an earthworks structure.
Strength utilisation factor (%)
All products in the Fortrac
range are tested and their 114 years
properties comply with the 10 years
applicable guidelines in this 1 year

respect. 1 month
1 day
Reference temperature 20 C
Strain (%)
Further technical details can be found on our website: www.HUESKER.com
Advantages of flexible Fortrac geogrids:

the performance of Fortrac is superior to that of polyolefin products (PE and PP)
because of its low-creep properties
the flexibility of Fortrac makes it simpler and quicker to install than rigid geogrids
the standard product width of 5.0 m provides greater efficiency of use in installation
for the same short-term strength Fortrac provides a higher allowable design strength
high flexibility of production with respect to tensile stiffness, tensile strength,
raw material choice and geometry
more than 25 years of proven experience worldwide -
Fortrac is tested and certified and subject to monitoring by an independent
inspection body
Quality assurance and audits. Prfwesen GmbH. The specified

HUESKER is certified in product properties are based
The assurance of product quality accordance with DIN EN ISO on key parameters that can be
is important for successful 9001:2000 tested and verified in accordance
product implementation. The company's in-house with CE and ISO standards.
To fulfil the highest quality laboratory is also accredited
requirements, HUESKER is in accordance with DIN EN
subject to numerous external ISO/IEC 17025 by Deutsches Fortrac is a registered trademark of
and independent certifications Akkreditierungssystem HUESKER Synthetic GmbH
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Steepened slopes Bridge abutments Segmental Retaining walls Piled embankments

Sinkhole protection Basal reinforcement Brownfield sites Landfills

Examples can be found on our website: www.HUESKER.com

The advantages are:

Slopes can be planted with

The advantages of this type of

slopes can be designed

Earth-retaining support structures used. HUESKER's Engineering

The advantages are:

can be designed to blend

Piles with pilecaps Piles without pilecaps

To reduce settlement occurring The installed system is therefore

the embankment can be used

elimination of effects on Piled embankment, Project: N210, NL

stability of the road or rail track To minimise deformations at

The at-risk area can be

Ensuring safety of a railway junction in the former mining area of Grbers

Roads, temporary access tracks

Veneer reinforcement with Fortrac

where slopes are made steeper

The durability of geogrids is satisfy every projectspecific high resistance to chemicals

application requirements low creep

Type Application Raw material Properties

Fortrac standard PET excellent tensile stiffness

Fortrac M standard PVA excellent tensile stiffness

Fortrac A extremely low strain AR excellent tensile stiffness

has a crucial influence on the creep

properties comply with the 10 years

applicable guidelines in this 1 year

Further technical details can be found on our website: www.HUESKER.com

Advantages of flexible Fortrac geogrids:

Quality assurance and audits. Prfwesen GmbH. The specified

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